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Monday, February 22, 2016

UK: Unauthorized ads on London underground libel Israel

Transport for London has condemned the BDS ads as an "act of vandalism" and is removing them.

An anti-Israel smear campaign, which confronted
commuters on the London underground this morning, has been condemned as
an "act of vandalism" by the Transport for London authority, which is
removing them.

The seemingly authentic adverts on carriages were headlined
"Apartheid State" and were put up as part of the BDS movement's "Israel
Apartheid Week."

With scant respect for facts, the ads not only took
Israel to task for alleged war crimes such as massacring Palestinians
and sexually abusing prisoners, they also attacked British government
policy in selling arms to Israel, lambasted the BBC for supposedly
valuing Israeli lives more than Palestinian lives, and attacked private
companies like G4S for equipping Israeli prisons.

A Transport for London spokesman said, “These are not authorized
adverts. It is fly posting and therefore an act of vandalism which we
take extremely seriously. Our staff and contractors are working to
immediately remove any found on our network."